
September 13, 2022
Dear Book Family,
Katieย @basicbsguideย and I are so excited to announce our September book selection for #DEARBASICBUDDYREADS. We will be reading and discussing ๐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆย ย by Sadeqa Johnson.
โฃHere is the scoopโฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ has been rated over 31,000 times on GOODREADS with an average rating of 4.4 ๐ฎ. And honestly, I have only heard rave reviews about it from the book community.
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“๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ… ๐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต-๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.”–๐๐๐โฃ
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Weighing in at 278 pages, this Historical Fiction novel is the perfect September read! โฃ
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As always, we will be reading at our own pace and then discussing via a private Instagram chat at the end of the month. โฃYou do need to have an Instagram account to join in.
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DM me over on Instagram to join.
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xoxo,โฃ
Kelly
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โBorn on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her motherโs position as the estateโs medicine woman and cherished by the Masterโs sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world.โฃ
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Sheโd been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devilโs Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailerโs cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.โ
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